John 4:12

John chapter 4 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

Context

v.11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?

v.12This passage

v.13Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 12:42

    The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

  • John 8:53

    Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

  • Hebrews 3:3

    For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.

  • John 4:6

    and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

  • Isaiah 53:2

    For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.